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“robert a voeks”

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  • The Ethnobotany of Eden

    Rethinking the Jungle Medicine Narrative

    by Robert A. Voeks ...
    In the mysterious and pristine forests of the tropics, a wealth of ethnobotanical panaceas and shamanic knowledge promises cures for everything from cancer and AIDS to the common cold. To access such miracles, we need only to discover and protect these medicinal treasures before they succumb to the corrosive forces of the modern world. A compelling biocultural story, certainly, and a popular ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sacred Leaves of Candomblé

    African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil

    by Robert A. Voeks ...
    Winner, Hubert Herring Book Award, Pacific Coast Council on Latin American StudiesCandomblé, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relies heavily on the use of plants in its spiritual and medicinal practices. When its African adherents were forcibly transplanted to the New World, they faced the challenge not only of maintaining their culture and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • First Field Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa

    by Gideon F. Smit ...
    Sasol First Field Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa provides an introduction to grasses and a guide to 44 southern African species. These represent conspicuous, widespread grasses, weedy roadside species, invasive aliens, and horticulturally useful grasses as well as important indigenous food species. Full-colour photographs, distribution maps and easy-to-read text make this a useful guide for ... Read more

    $4.00 USD

  • Wild Spring Plant Foods

    The Foxfire AMericana Library (7)

    by Foxfire Fund, Inc. ...
    Series series The Foxfire Americana Library
    A handy illustrated guide to the edible plant life available in Appalachia and other temperate areas during the spring. From sassafras to rhubarb, each entry includes instructions on where to find the plant, how to spot it, and the ways it is best eaten, often with recipes.Plants include:MorelAsparagusWild onionWild garlicNettlesWild radishWhite mustardWater cressHorseradishChicoryWild ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Wild Food

    A Complete Guide for Foragers

    by Roger Phillips ...
    **An authoritative and beautifully illustrated book on wild food and foraging by one of the leading experts.'I can safely say that if I hadn't picked up this book some twenty years ago I wouldn't have eaten as well, or even lived as well, as I have. It inspired me then and it inspires me now' – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstal**Wild food is all around us, growing in our hedgerows and fields, along river ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Natural History of Pollination

    by Michael Proctor, Peter Yeo, Andrew Lack ...
    Series Book 83 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    This is a brand new, fully updated edition of the natural history classic first published in the New Naturalist series in 1973 as The Pollination of Flowers. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThis is a brand new, fully updated edition of the natural history classic first published in the New Naturalist series in 1973 as The Pollination of Flowers.The importance of insects in ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

  • The Carnivorous Plants

    by Francis Ernest Lloyd ...
    The experience which has led to the writing of this book began in 1929 when, examining a species related to Utricularia gibba, I made an observation of some importance in understanding the mechanism of the trap. This begot a desire to study as many other species of the genus as I could obtain for comparison, primarily to determine the validity of my conclusions. My feeling that research in this ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sasol First Field Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa

    by John Manning ...
    Series series Sasol First Field Guide
    Sasol First Field Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the succulents of the region. With the help of full-colour photo graph, distribution maps and easy-to-read text, the budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common succulents that grow in southern Africa, discover where they are found, and learn about their unique features. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Concise Tree Guide

    by Bloomsbury ...
    Series series Concise Guides
    This practical field guide, published in association with the Wildlife Trusts, includes more than 160 species of trees from Britain and the near Continent.Each species account contains accurate artworks that show details of mature trees, leaves, growth patterns and other interesting features. A concise written account outlines further essential information, such as size, description, habitat, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Alien Plants

    by Clive A. Stace, Crawley ...
    Series Book 129 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    The word ‘aliens’ can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous, pestiferous, beautiful, edible – and can be both useful and harmful.Over the last fifty years, the study of alien plants has progressed from an ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Plant World of the Bible

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    by Hans Arne Jensen ...
    The dream of paradise and the use of plants in story telling are as old as man. The Bible readers need only turn a few pages before meeting a description of paradise and a whole world of known and unknown plants such as: aloe, barley, bdellium, cedar, fig, frankincense, pomegranate, olive, vine and general terms like the lily of the fields. Not only Bible readers, but everyone interested in botany ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Booderee National Park

    The Jewel of Jervis Bay

    by David Lindenmayer, Christopher MacGregor, Nick Dexter, Martin Fortescue, Esther Beaton ...
    Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, 200km south of Sydney, attracts over 450 000 visitors each year. The park has many special features, including dramatic wave cut platforms and sea caves, some of the whitest beach sands in Australia, and very high densities of native predators such as the Powerful Owl and the Diamond Python. This book outlines the biology and ecology of Booderee National Park. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD